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Easton's Bible Dictionary
high place, A city of the priests, first mentioned in
the history of David's wanderings ( 1
Samuel 21:1 ). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the
priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) From Isaiah
10:28 - 32
it seems to have been near Jerusalem. It has been identified by some with
el-Isawiyeh, one mile and a half to the north-east of Jerusalem. But according
to Isaiah
10:28 - 32
it was on the south of Geba, on the road to Jerusalem, and within sight of the
city. This identification does not meet these conditions, and hence others (as
Dean Stanley) think that it was the northern summit of Mount Olivet, the place
where David "worshipped God" when fleeing from Absalom ( 2
Samuel 15:32 ), or more probably (Conder) that it was the same as Mizpeh (q.v.),
Judges
20:1 ; Joshua
18:26 ; 1
Samuel 7:16 , at Nebi Samwil, about 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem.
After being supplied with the sacred loaves of showbread, and girding on the sword
of Goliath, which was brought forth from behind the ephod, David fled from Nob
and sought refuge at the court of Achish, the king of Gath, where he was cast
into prison. (Compare titles of Psalms
34 and 56.)
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
discourse; prophecy
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(high place) ( 1
Samuel 22:19 ; Nehemiah
11:32 ) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Benjamin and situated on some eminence
near Jerusalem. It was one of the places where the ark of Jehovah was kept for
a time during the days of its wanderings. ( 2
Samuel 6:1 ) etc. But the event for which Nob was most noted in the Scripture
annals was a frightful massacre which occurred there in the reign of Saul. ( 1
Samuel 22:17 - 19
)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
nob (nobh; Codex Vaticanus Nomba; Codex Alexandrinus
Noba, and other forms):
An ancient priestly town to which David came on his way South when he fled from
Saul at Gibeah (1
Samuel 21:1). Here he found refuge and succor with Ahimelech. This was observed
by Doeg the Edomite, who informed the king, and afterward became the instrument
of Saul's savage vengeance on the priests, and on all the inhabitants of the city
(1
Samuel 22). The name occurs in Nehemiah
11:32 in a list of cities, immediately after Anathoth. In Isaiah's ideal account
of the Assyrians' march against Jerusalem, Nob is clearly placed South of Anathoth.
Here, says the prophet, the Assyrian shall shake his hand at the mount of the
daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. It was a place, therefore, from which
the Holy City and the temple were clearly visible.
The district in which the site must be sought is thus very definitely indicated;
but within this district no name at all resembling Nob has been discovered, and
so no sure identification is yet possible. 'Anata (Anathoth) is 2 1/2 miles Northeast
of Jerusalem. Nob therefore lay between that and the city, at a point where the
city could be seen, apparently on the great road from the Nob. Rather more than
a mile North of Jerusalem rises the ridge Ras el-Mesharif (2,665 ft.), over which
the road from the Nob passes; and here the traveler approaching from that direction
obtains his first sight of the city. It is fittingly named "the look-out." Col.
Conder states the case for identifying this height with Mt. Scopus where Titus
established his camp at the siege of Jerusalem (PEFS, 1874, 111). Immediately
South of the ridge, to the East of the road, there is a small plateau, South of
which there is a lower ridge, whence the slopes dip into Wady el-Joz. This plateau,
on which Titus may have sat, is a very probable site for Nob. It quite suits the
requirements of Isaiah's narrative, and not less those of David's flight. Gibeah
lay not far to the North, and this lay in the most likely path to the South.
W. Ewing
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